Is there any method that runs when returning to activity?

Question

This is the scenario. I've just stopped a thread a have pressed the back key to return to the previous activity, only problem is I want to execute a method when this happens so I thought I could override a method using something like this:

  @Override protected void onResume() {
            super.onResume();
        }

But this seems to run when I start the activity. I want to have this functionality but when pressing the back key to return.

Sorry if it doesn't make sense, I'm not very knowledgeable of the terminology.

Answer 1

According to the official documentation, onResume() is exactly what you want - it always gets executed when the activity comes into foreground, either together with onCreate() and/or onStart() or alone, depending on the current process and activity states.